Red Solace

Red Solace by Delia Prvački reminds the viewer of a very intense, warm, and sensual body that represents life and vitality. The sculpture doubles as a bench at the passenger pick-up point of the Experimental Medicine Building.

Red Solace was conceived as part of a solo exhibition, Plein Air, and created purposefully for the outdoor environment. The piece was realised by the artist in two stages: creating the ceramic material, glazing and firing it, and then assembling it in glass-fibre reinforced concrete in a factory for precast concrete. The artist's intention was to capture the beauty of handmade ceramic material, emphasising its tactile texture and rich colour effect, and to subordinate it to the idea of an object that is both contemplative and functional.

The way of assembling all the small mosaic bits is reminiscent of the method used in the famous colourful sand creations meticulously placed and contained in a glass bottle. The range of colours, from red to blue, refers to the colours of nature: red for Earth and green and blue for Sky.